Williams: Star Wars Flashcards
1
Q
What key is it in?
A
B flat major
2
Q
What is the piece based on?
A
A four bar fanfare
3
Q
What is the form of the piece?
A
Ternary
4
Q
What are the parts of the piece and what is their order?
A
Intro, ABA, link, codetta
5
Q
Describe the melody
A
Repetition of the main theme, stepwise triplet quavers, leaps, some dotted rhythms
6
Q
Describe the harmony
A
Inverted pedal note, quartel harmony, drone, arpeggios, tertial harmony, Neapolitan chords based on the flattened super tonic
7
Q
What is the metre?
A
4/4
8
Q
Describe the rhythm
A
Triplet rhythms, some dotted rhythms, ostinato
9
Q
What is the tempo?
A
100
10
Q
Describe the dynamics
A
Main theme - FF, B section - MF, piccolo link - P, leitmotif - FF
11
Q
When was it released?
A
1977
12
Q
what was it written for?
A
underscoring
